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Early Summer (1951)

  • Oct 3, 1951
  • 2h 5m
  • NR

7.9/10

TMDB user score
221 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

Early Summer is a 1951 drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. Its leading cast includes Setsuko Hara, Chishū Ryū and Chikage Awashima. It runs for 2 hours 5 minutes. Its original language is Japanese.

Synopsis

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Noriko's family press her into accepting, but when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction.

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Before You Pick

Time needed
2 hours 5 minutes
Age rating (US)
NR
Language
Japanese (subtitles or a dub may be needed)
Audience signal
7.9/10 from 221 TMDB votes

Trailer

Early Summer (1951) - Trailer · plays from YouTube

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Cast

  • Setsuko Hara Noriko Mamiya
  • Chishū Ryū Koichi Mamiya
  • Chikage Awashima Aya Tamura
  • Kuniko Miyake Fumiko Mamiya
  • Ichirō Sugai Shukichi Mamiya
  • Chieko Higashiyama Shige Mamiya
  • Haruko Sugimura Tami Yabe
  • Kuniko Igawa Takako
  • Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi Kenkichi Yabe
  • Shūji Sano Sotaro Satake
  • Toyo Takahashi Nobu Tamura
  • Seiji Miyaguchi Nishiwaki
  • Kokuten Kōdō Old Uncle
  • Matsuko Shiga Mari Takanashi
  • Tomoka Hasebe Hospital Assistant
  • Zen Murase Minoru Mamiya

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